We have no waiting lists now in the NHS.

Lib Dem health spokesman Norman Lamb said: “Three days after the Health Secretary claimed there were no more waiting lists in the NHS, ­Government figures have shown that a quarter of a million people are stuck waiting longer than 18 weeks for ­treatment.

Writing on an internet social networking site, Mr Burnham wrote: “Over the moon about strong support for NHS – an institution I will defend to my dying day, 2nd only to Everton FC.”

The flippant remark, part of a Government-backed internet campaign on the Twitter website to trumpet the NHS’s achievements, provoked anger yesterday.

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Weird, they know the correct answer, but refuse to allow themselves to acknowledge reality.